Emirate of Cordoba

The Emirate of Cordoba was a Muslim emirate in the Iberian Peninsula that existed from 756 to 929, with Cordoba serving as its capital. After the Umayyad Caliphate's conquest of Spain from 711 to 718, the Iberian Peninsula became an Umayyad province. The rulers of this province established Cordoba as their capital and held the titles of "wali" and "emir". In 756, the Umayyad prince Abd-al-Rahman I of Cordoba refused to recognize the authority of the new Abbasid Caliphate and proclaimed an independent Emirate of Cordoba, and he defeated the existing Muslim rulers of the area and united the local fiefdoms into an emirate. In 929, Abd-al-Rahman III of Cordoba proclaimed the creation of the Caliphate of Cordoba to replace the emirate.